After a long weekend of driving, the MRI went well yesterday! The news today is that the tumour remains stable!!!! That is all we ask for!!! All prayers were answered!!
Other than having a sore stomach and being home from school with it today, she is feeling good. She is feeling better tonight and should be able to go to school tomorrow. She hates to miss a day because she does enjoy the social aspect of school.
We are going to do blood work again on Wednesday and are hoping that her platelets are high enough to do the fifth round of chemo over the weekend.
Caitlyn is quite excited also for this Friday night as she has been asked to drop the puck at the Winterhawks game (new senior hockey team in town). The sponsor of the night asked her to drop it and put a display up in the lobby and being as this week is International Brain Tumour awareness week we thought this would be a great time to do something like this.
Well we are glad to share our good news with you all and hope to continue to share more.
Thank you to everyone for the continued prayers our way!!
The Cobeans
Monday, October 22, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
October 17, 2007
Hello all
Well, Caitlyn's count continue to rise. Her platelets are at 66, not quite high enough for chemo but at this rate, hopefully next week. I don't want to talk too soon though. She is feeling really good right now though, and appears to be getting more use of her leg and arm all the time. So her regular MRI (she has them every 12 weeks) has finally been booked and it is this Sunday morning at 8:30 am. Therefore we will be having a busy weekend with Bryanna's hockey game in Goderich on Saturday and Bryanna's BMX banquet on Sunday with a trip to Toronto in the midst of this. So all prays are very welcome as we go through yet another MRI to check the status of the tumour.
Til next time.......
Well, Caitlyn's count continue to rise. Her platelets are at 66, not quite high enough for chemo but at this rate, hopefully next week. I don't want to talk too soon though. She is feeling really good right now though, and appears to be getting more use of her leg and arm all the time. So her regular MRI (she has them every 12 weeks) has finally been booked and it is this Sunday morning at 8:30 am. Therefore we will be having a busy weekend with Bryanna's hockey game in Goderich on Saturday and Bryanna's BMX banquet on Sunday with a trip to Toronto in the midst of this. So all prays are very welcome as we go through yet another MRI to check the status of the tumour.
Til next time.......
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Hooray
Well,
Good news, Caitlyn's platelets are starting to come back on their own. Her bloodwork today showed that her platelets are up to 35 from 26 on Monday. We are so excited, she will not need a platelet transfusion this week, like we were thinking would happen. This means she is that much closer to having chemo. Her platelets need to be at 100 before we can start and historically when they go up they go up fast. Seems bizarre that you would be excited about taking chemo but she has 2 more rounds. We have the chemo here at home so can start as soon as her counts are up she starts.
She is feeling really good right now and enjoying school. Other than that all is the same.
Til next time..........
Good news, Caitlyn's platelets are starting to come back on their own. Her bloodwork today showed that her platelets are up to 35 from 26 on Monday. We are so excited, she will not need a platelet transfusion this week, like we were thinking would happen. This means she is that much closer to having chemo. Her platelets need to be at 100 before we can start and historically when they go up they go up fast. Seems bizarre that you would be excited about taking chemo but she has 2 more rounds. We have the chemo here at home so can start as soon as her counts are up she starts.
She is feeling really good right now and enjoying school. Other than that all is the same.
Til next time..........
Friday, October 5, 2007
A visit to Sick kids yesterday
Hello all
Well we were at Sick kids yesterday with the hopes of starting chemo. (While at least I was hoping, Caitlyn would rather not take it this weekend with Pumpkinfest on). Well, Caitlyn got her way, her counts are still way to low to start chemo. But being as her chemo is in pill form, we were able to fill the perscriptions and bring them home and when her counts come up we can start here.
They have decreased her dose of chemo being as her platelets are so low. They haven't seen this side effect in children yet, but it is a common side effect in adults. This chemo protocol is very new in children though, in fact Caitlyn is in the study group. It has proven to be effective in adults so they are now testing it on children. They also feel that her Dilantin (that blessed Dilantin) for her seizures could be causing some of this so she will be going to see a neurologist to assess this an change her to something else.
She has had a few very small headaches recently lasting less than a minute but the doctors were not that concerned about them.
So we now have a waiting game until her counts come up and we can get on with this chemo again.
Happy Thanksgiving to all, and take a minute this weekend to really reflect on all that you can be thankful for!!!
Til next time
Rona
Well we were at Sick kids yesterday with the hopes of starting chemo. (While at least I was hoping, Caitlyn would rather not take it this weekend with Pumpkinfest on). Well, Caitlyn got her way, her counts are still way to low to start chemo. But being as her chemo is in pill form, we were able to fill the perscriptions and bring them home and when her counts come up we can start here.
They have decreased her dose of chemo being as her platelets are so low. They haven't seen this side effect in children yet, but it is a common side effect in adults. This chemo protocol is very new in children though, in fact Caitlyn is in the study group. It has proven to be effective in adults so they are now testing it on children. They also feel that her Dilantin (that blessed Dilantin) for her seizures could be causing some of this so she will be going to see a neurologist to assess this an change her to something else.
She has had a few very small headaches recently lasting less than a minute but the doctors were not that concerned about them.
So we now have a waiting game until her counts come up and we can get on with this chemo again.
Happy Thanksgiving to all, and take a minute this weekend to really reflect on all that you can be thankful for!!!
Til next time
Rona
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